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Human Resources
Introduction
These standards cover personnel policies, job descriptions, and requirements for staff and the library.
Standards
I. Standard C
"The board has adopted and reviewed a personnel policy within the past three years."
The library director is probably a city or county employee. As such s/he will be covered under that agency's personnel policy. The board may want to review this policy to make sure that it is fair and adequately meets the needs of the library and the library director. If the library director is paid directly by the library board, the library will need to develop a personnel policy if it has not already done so.
- Montana Association of Counties - Model Personnel Policy (pdf
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II. Standard D
"The library maintains written, up-to-date job descriptions."
Job descriptions clearly define what is expected of an employee. Organizations tend to update a job description when they need to hire, but forget to review these descriptions. As a result the nature of the person's job has changed, but the description fails to reflect the changes. By updating the job description, you are making sure everyone is on the same page and clearly defining what everyone does in the library. This can help give you and the library board a better idea of what is required to run a library.
- Montana Trustee Handbook - Personnel (pdf)
- Sample Job Descriptions for various library positions
